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Consuming CP souls
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: U.S.A.
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#62 |
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Okay but it is helping you to breath with less effort. Now the body has a "crutch" in performing that function while you sleep. And it seems logical that one would grow to be more and more dependent on that crutch. That doesn't mean it's a bad idea if somebody is already experiencing health problems, but it does seem worth considering.
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#63 |
Politically Incorrect
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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It seems like 50% of the people here have sleeping problems.
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#64 |
George Brett shit his pants
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: At the Bellagio
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Time to get hit!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Springfield, MO
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#66 |
Time to get hit!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Springfield, MO
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Plus, there are different pressures it can be set at. I've been able to go down on the pressure. That wouldn't happen if it was breathing for me or training me not to breathe.
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#67 |
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Kansas City, MO
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I get it's not a ventilator. But "pushing more in" is aid/assistance that does seem like your body would become more reliant on over time, because your body no longer has to compensate for the original problem.
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#68 |
Supporter
Join Date: Mar 2003
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You are so wrong on all of this. Just stop posting about it.
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#69 |
Supporter
Join Date: Nov 2006
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It 100% felt that way to me. My lungs more would open to allow air in then breathe on my own. That said, coming up with a zero on the CPAP score was something they had said they never saw so maybe that's how my body decided to adapt to it.
I know the doctor said most people like them once they are on them and didn't realize how bad their sleep was until they get on CPAP, that was not my experience though. |
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Has a particular set of skills
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: On the water
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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#72 | |
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
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Stop. You don’t understand what you’re talking about. Obstructive sleep apnea is not caused by issues with lungs. It is an issue with the soft tissue in your throat/esophagus and specifically with the muscles relaxing more than they should while resting and reclined. There is no “training your body to do better.” There is no getting your body to compensate. Unless you want to count a CPAP as training. CPAPs push air not to help you get oxygen in your lungs but to instead prevent the obstructive relaxation from occurring. Not treating sleep apnea is a great way to end up in an early grave like my dad, whose heart was horribly damaged from living wirh sleep apnea his whole life and never treating it. |
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#73 |
Emporer of Mongo
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Milky Way
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the APAP is one of the greatest inventions. i went from getting really shitty sleep and feeling like ass at work after 8 hours of sleep to feeling refreshed after 6 hours of sleep.
youll probably get an A-pap. (automatically adjusts to the pressure you need, without doing too much pressure) , it takes some experimenting to find what setting you like and also takes some fiddling with masks. if you dont like your mask, try another style or another brand of masks. theyre all compatible with the hoses and machines. dont give up on it, you will feel so much better and get such better sleep... once you dial in the settings and mask, youre golden. |
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#74 |
Replaced by a future HOFer !!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: donkey land
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Bottom line: "It keeps your throat open with forced air whether you choose a full mask, or a nose attachment(one is not better than the other, it's just a matter of comfort). The machine is set at a particular setting for that individual's severity of apnea, so that your oxygen intake is close to 100% during your sleep cycle, therefore, you are not exhausted in the morning when you wake up assuming you get the amount of hours of sleep that you need. A CPAP machine is nothing more than a respirator.
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#75 |
Time to get hit!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Springfield, MO
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It was kind of weird, for me anyway. It took me about a week to get used to it, and things felt normal. I used it for about 9 months before skipping a night (I forgot to take it on an overnight trip my husband and I went on). I thought it wouldn't be a big deal, since it was just one night. The following day, I was like, "Wow. Did I feel this bad before? Was everyday like this?" Thinking back, I guess it was. So, for me, it wasn't so much an instant feeling better as much as it was that my new normal had changed and I hadn't really realized just how bad my old normal was.
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